Numbers 14:20-25 - They have not obeyed my voice

14:20-23

God agrees to pardon the people, but stresses that “the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord”. Man’s sin does not stop God’s purposes being fulfilled. Man’s sin matters. The people were not trusting in God, they were living out of the flesh. Today we see a world in rebellion, things will not stay this way forever. The people who sinned would receive the consequences, none of them would enter the Promised Land, for they had never heeded God’s word.

14:24,25

There would be an exception to this, for Caleb had followed God faithfully. He was looking at things  with the eyes of faith, of trust in the Lord. It is always worth trusting God, even when almost everyone else isn’t. So instead of entering the land, God leads the people away into the wilderness. The people got what they wanted, which is usually the worst thing that can happen.